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The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, built by king Croesus of Lydia in the 6th century BC, was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. [3] İzmir, the biggest city in the Aegean Region The ancient city of Aizanoi located in Kütahya. The Aegean region (Turkish: Ege Bölgesi) is one of the 7 geographical regions of Turkey.
Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece around the Aegean Sea. There are three distinct but communicating and interacting geographic regions covered by this term: Crete , the Cyclades and the Greek mainland. [ 1 ]
This is a list of Aegean Islands, which includes the English, Modern Greek, Ancient Greek, Latin, Medieval Latin, and Italian names for these islands in the Aegean Sea arranged by island group.
Lydia (Ancient Greek: Λυδία, romanized: Ludía; Latin: Lȳdia) was an Iron Age kingdom situated in the west of Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire .
Lydia c. 50 AD, with the main settlements and Greek colonies. Not to be confused with Lycians , another Anatolian people. The Lydians ( Greek : Λυδοί; known as Sparda to the Achaemenids , Old Persian cuneiform 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭 ) were an Anatolian people living in Lydia , a region in western Anatolia , who spoke the distinctive Lydian ...
Agatheira was a town of ancient Lydia, inhabited during Hellenistic times. [1] Its site is located near Halitpaşa in Asiatic Turkey. [1] [2] This colony was called a katoikiai, along with Magnesia-by-Sipylus, Hyrcanis, and Thyateira. [3] They were separated from one another by about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi). [3]
Julia Gordos among the cities of Lydia (ca. 50 AD) Gordus or Gordos (Ancient Greek: Γόρδος), [1] also known as Julia Gordus or Iulia Gordos, and possibly also known as Porotta, [2] [3] was an ancient Greek city located in eastern Lydia (modern western Turkey). It was a strategically important town founded by the Seleucid Kings.
The Medean Empire turned out to be short lived (c. 625 – 549 BC). By 550 BC, the Median Empire of eastern Anatolia, which had existed for barely a hundred years, was suddenly torn apart by a Persian rebellion in 553 BC under Cyrus II (Cyrus the Great c. 600 BC or 576–530 BC), overthrowing his grandfather Astyages (585–550 BC) in 550 BC.